Description
An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-9860 | An exploitable denial of service exists in the Joyent SmartOS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFS_ADD_ENTRIES. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploited this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:09.806Z
Reserved: 2016-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-9039
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-01-31T21:59:00.157
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2016-9039
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Weaknesses
EUVD